An illuminated light bulb is the universal symbol for having an idea. Anyone who has read the comics, or noticed the icon for an ideas blog (see right side of screen), is well aware of that. But can ...

We have been trained so well to associate the light bulb with insight and creative thinking that simply sitting under one can inspire, well, insight and creative thinking. That’s the conclusion ...

Seeing light bulbs might foster bright ideas, scientists now find. The concept that reaching an insight is much like shining a light into a dark place goes back to at least Plato. It was this ...